Saturday, May 19, 2007

The Day Our Tiger Roar

Date: 19-20 May 2007
Venue: Banding Lake
Anglers: Tiger2my, Ayaak, and Ferd
Article Report by Tiger2my



Last weekend, 19 - 20 June went with ayaak to banding, invited several lkg gang to go but non responded. So ayaak got a BM forummer Ferd to join us. Purpose to go there was to check on the boathouse. As usual ayaak will have some nitty gritty things to do.Friday nite 11 pm started from ayaak's place drove towards Kuala Ketil to pick up Ferd suprisingly, I found the distance to banding shorter by using this route. Anyway we arrived about 2.30 am after all the usual stops got to the boathouse prepare the rigs and went to sleep by 4.30 am. 7.oo am woke up, well a little bit late. The 2 others were still dreaming and I have to jolt them up. No drinks, no coffee no breakfast we were on our way to fish the nothern area. This time ayaak took us to this area call the Golden Hope, well I thought lets hope my hope will be golden. Arrived at the first lubuk after a few casts ayaak strike gold. One after another he lead by 3 to me 0 and ferd O. Then Ferd close in on him but yours truly was still lagging behind until that brown tiger came to the rescue with 2 sebaraus. Time to change lure none other than the altima. Strike another 2 sebs with it and a toman. Total score for the morning, Ayaak strike 7 sebs broke 1 toman, Ferd 4 sebs, t2my with 7 sebs and 1 toman.




Time for lunch went back to the island cafe had the usual ayam goreng, telog dadar and curry ikan. They smoke had tea tarik then went to toilet. Headed back to the boathouse, time to put a little work to the boat house. 5 minute after landing at the boathouse ayaak landed into the land of dreams. Well what to do Ferd and I followed suite. 4.10 pm woke up back to hardwork...well this is life. Continued at the Golden Hope but without much success as the morning. Sun is setting fast ayaak took to the bays off Sg Gadong, no success here either. Now timing is crucial the sun getting lower off we went towards toman hotel. Timing perfect kelekatu beggining to come out. Sebs can be seen splashing here and there. We managed to raise our score of sebs to ayaak scored 3, Ferd 4 and t2my 4 (???). No more lights even though spalshing could be heard. Took 2 good eating size sebs for dinner. Actually it was only 1 but Ferd catch was severely injured and could not be revived so into the kuali it went. So we had sebarau goreng for dinner...yummy yummmy...hehehhe.(itu la Khoo apasal tak mau ikut)





Keown was planning to be up early the next day to cathch the early sebs so we hit the sack early before 11 I think but sleep came fitfully maybe due to the anticipated catch tommorrow or maybe because of the bobbing of the boathouse everytime a boat passed by we have this swaying and bobbing action it was a kind of high too, hheheh. As usual I was the first one up before 6, quite early but what to do it has been a habit at this moment in time. Glanced at the 2 sleeping beauties, very peaceful they were. Well decided to brush my teeth and give myself a shave, this time I brought along my battery operated shaver. On the light and searched for the ration box. Measured 3 mugs of water and put it to boil on the mini stove. Made 3 mugs of instant cafee and woke the beauties up, as always keown needed a little more proding before he was truly consious but the good thing about it was that he dont mess around wasting time when up..just brush his teeth washed his face then jumped into the boat and off we went.





About 7.15 we were onto the first lubuk the island before the right turn to the Golden Hope. A good choice by keown. No action on the water whatsoever but ayakk said try. First off was Ferd but sorry his casting needs more polishing...hahah. Still only after his 2 nd cast he was on with the first seb of the day... a good size one for the table. Keown was still watching and I was still on 0 after several cast. Ferd was again on for his 2nd fish of the morning on the only lure SSR Hottiger but not for long again my brown tiger TD came to the rescue to play catch up with Ferd, I leveled with ferd just in a short while, while keown was still way way behind. I changed lure to Xrap shiny red/orange combo with a little "fly" on the tail hook. First cast out.....after just a turn of the handle..wham another seb to account for. Now score 3, Ferd 2 and keown still nought. We were drifting with the wind and current. Ferd was on again then to his relief keown strike 1 from the back of the boat. No action after that. So the next best thing was to circumnavigate the island. No action but when the boat reached our original starting point keown strike gold again and Fern was onto his 4 fish of the morning..this young man was hot that morning. That was the last one from that spot so onto the next lubuk keown directed the KD Longkang. Just on grassy patch at the edge of a promongotory, the boat in drifting mode keown casted, strike 2 for him and aother one for the young man. I tried berkely grub white no takers just a nudge that was it. Sun was high now but lucky there were cloud covers. From his perch keown casted towards a grassy patch, retrived halfway towards the boat his reel gave a loud screech, toman I shouted but no bubbles were seen. Keown had a difficult moment to control it, the envitable happened...the fish took a dive into some sunken rotten vegetation a few seconds of struggle then the line went limp as was the person holding the end of the line. No big fish landed, no bubbles seen what was it? A badung??

(Penaat la rest sat... to be continued...the monster...hehehhe)

SD Gang Reattack Pulau 9

Date: 19th May 2007
Venue: Pulau-Pulau Sembilan
LKG: Jeymatt, Fishnut & Wildboar
Species caught: 8 Giant Trevally, 3 Queenfish & 2 Cencaru Kuda
Total fishes caught: 13
Method: Light Tackle Casting.

























Thursday, May 17, 2007

AK PB Wonders

Venue: Air Kuning
Date: 17th May 2007
Anglers: Chard, Novapwr, Bowjenk, Akashah, Pak Teh, Tiung69



The expedition team


Air Kuning before sunrise


Fish On Fish On


PB on spinfly


Wow ! Big Size PB on Ultra Light


And another good size catch.


PB on Yozuri popper


Pak Teh with his 1st ever PB


Sifu with the 1.6Kg PB


Silhouette River Crossing on Akashah Mobile Hilux Sr Turbo

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Save KD Longkang Boathouse Campaign

Venue: Banding
Date: 12 - 13th May 2007
Project: Saving KD Longkang Boathouse



'Old motors' needs kopi to start the day. Preparing to start work


Usual Phenomenon! Culky and Fish


4am what to do?? FISHING LAH!!!


Yeap AND a fish!!!!!!


On their way to tow boathouse...


The 'Ailing' boathouse...


Show Off


Another show off.. after that episode he needed half hour rest!!!


The boathouse safely on shore


Work Work Work


Either working or peeing??


What you looking at? Never see handsome man before ahh?


Steel cutter professional at work


Our very own cage design


Ahh...heavy tummy heavy tummy


I want to go back!! I don't want to work.


Professional Welder at work.


To paint this drum, you need to measure the mathematics equation.


After half a day ,still trying to catch his 'FIRST' Fish...


Supervisors checking workmanship...


"*&%xx#* Tong! painting drums"


Hoi!!! You missed this spot lah!!!


Hey ! you are holding mine lah!! That is not the beam lah!!


Phase 1 Completion. The boathouse is now floating again.



SD Brothers Did It Again!

Once upon a time, Team Longkang Gang decided to collect fund on voluntary basis from their members in order to repair their KD Longkang boathouse in Banding. When the actual date arrived, eventhough the SD brothers do support financially on the donation part, they were very upset as they wouldn't be able to join and contribute with the rest of the gang to Banding for the hardcore repair work due to their physical health condition. BUT... they continue to make Team Longkang Gang proud while their brothers were away busy on the repair job. Enjoy!

Venue : Air Kuning, Perak
Date : 12 May 2007 (Saturday)
Anglers: SD(Slipped Disc) Brothers - Jeymatt & Fishnut
Weather : Scorching hot, sunny and calm in the morning until afternoon; slight overcast and windy in the evening.
Water Condition : Water level much lower compared to last week and receding very fast, water clarity murky.
Fish Observation: PBs has stopped spawning and juvies not much in frenzy by the shore. The pair of parent lunkers caught around shallow flats with vegetation about 100 metre away from bank. Total PBs caught not more than 12, could be in lethargic mood.
Result : A variety fishes of Jelawat, Peacock Bass, Baung, and Featherback caught on casting and trolling.


















There is a video taken by Jeymatt on nutto's fight with the Baung. Enjoy! Sorry that the video has no sound as it's taken from my cheap digital camera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqDg_sfUXCo

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Akashah Hall of Fame

Technique:Casting
Lure:Megabass Dog-X Walking (Tennesse Shad)
Rod:Shimano Basstera 8-16lb
Reel:Shimano Stella 2500
Line:20 lb Stren Super
BraidLeader:30lb Vanish line




Kelisa
Venue:Kuala Koh National Park,Kelantan
Date:22nd March 2007


Arowana
Venue:Air Keroh Lake,Malacca
Date:14th March 2007


Green Kelisa
Venue:Kenyir Lake, Terengganu
Date: 9-12th December 2006

Monday, May 07, 2007

Yeapwl Tarpon Conquest

Venue: Somewhere in Balik Pulau
Date: 8th May 2007
Anglers: Yeapwl and Jackpot (photographer only)

Results: Landed 4 tarpon within 1 hour and plenty of frequent strikes

Landed a good size tarpon after first 2 cast only

He said this place is good and it have been proven

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Mengkuang Revisited

Venue: Mengkuang Pond
Date: 6th of May 2007
Anglers: Angker, Tiger2my, Sally, and Jackpot with Jackpotress who arrive later



Big fat healthy Patin landed by Angker


Jackpot help to land this Carp on Tiger's rod


Sally first pacu on first strike on first cast


The Heroin is back with vengeance again


Another double hookup achievement by Sally


Tilapia on soft plastic


ZzzZZzzZZZ , Poor Tiger too tired after yesterday successful outing at Air Kuning.


The grand finale - a Rohu landed by Angker

Saturday, May 05, 2007

Look What We Did Last Saturday

Venue: Air Kuning, Perak.
Date: 5th of May 2007
Anglers: Tiger2my, Culky, Jeymatt and Jackpot
Results: 89 Peacok Bass (39 Culky, 25 Jeymatt, 13 Jackpot and 12 Tiger2my)



Look What We Did Last Saturday.....The biggest catch of the day...and there were not many kecimiows either...this "old anaconda" has got all the luck (expertise) that day even while pokebacking with potpot oso caught this one (see he is naked).


Tiger with his first photograph catch

Close up on the lures


Another one bites to dust...hehee

These Pics were taken after very serious coersion


Rowing with only one paddle against strong wind and waves while controlling the boat is no joke


A freshwater Dorado on Rogos lure


Jackpot's close-up shot of his PB on Soft Plastic.

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Angker and Madfish Outing

As usual was dragged to mengkuang pond by madfish.........
Venue: Berapit-Mengkuang Pond
Date: 3rd May 2007



The first catch on the first cast


Mad's first catch after many many casts...


Mad's 2nd catch even after many many many casts


"My 2nd on my last few casts" - Angker

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Back to Air Kuning

Venue : Air Kuning, Perak
Date : 1st May 2007
Anglers : PikokMan (aka Daniel), Jeffery and Fishnut
Weather : Overcast and calm in the morning, sunny and windy in the later part of the day

Water Condition : Water high but receding, no influx of river water.
Fish Observation: PBs are definately spawning, close to shore especially around shallow flats and shallow bays
Result : A Happy Day

During the recent labour day holiday (1st May 2007), Daniel aka PikokMan (he's latest incarnation ) invited me to go back to the good old AK. So... ON LAH !!!

Road condition is getting worse as there's no maintanence, so the journey is slow. A loud screeching noise from one of the front wheel was quite worry some as we're passing through the potholes but luckily it went away eventually. Pheeeww...

Since it's a public holiday and a long weekend, I expected to see some crowds. Indeed it's like a pasar malam, every good spots are already occupied by people. Since that's not much going on in the 1st spot, I decided we should move on to a greener pasture.... then the day started to get interesting... I'll let the pictures do the story telling.... enjoy


A handsome young man with a handsome trophy PB, congrats !!


Jeffery with his biggest PB to date, he definately kena PB racun oh did I mention this is his 1st PB trip??


Close up of Jeffery's PB on X-Rap, Jeffery worked hard for this PB Bravo !!


Fuuyoooh!!!! PikokMan can also tackle Tilapia


Another good PB landed by Jeffery, I think he's moving to AK...


Hookup


Our very own Crocodile Hunter wannabe


LKG Trademark - All Rights Registered


The humble champion that outfished Kacuak and Jeff combined!